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Use the geocoder without a map

Use the mapbox-gl-geocoder control to search for places using Mapbox Search API without an associated map view.

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<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Use the geocoder without a map</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.2.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.2.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v4.7.0/mapbox-gl-geocoder.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v4.7.0/mapbox-gl-geocoder.css" type="text/css">
<!-- Promise polyfill script required to use Mapbox GL Geocoder in IE 11 -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/es6-promise@4/dist/es6-promise.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/es6-promise@4/dist/es6-promise.auto.min.js"></script>
<style>
#geocoder {
z-index: 1;
margin: 20px;
}
.mapboxgl-ctrl-geocoder {
min-width: 100%;
}
</style>
<div id="geocoder"></div>
<pre id="result"></pre>
<script>
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
// https://account.mapbox.com
mapboxgl.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var geocoder = new MapboxGeocoder({
accessToken: mapboxgl.accessToken,
types: 'country,region,place,postcode,locality,neighborhood'
});
geocoder.addTo('#geocoder');
// Get the geocoder results container.
var results = document.getElementById('result');
// Add geocoder result to container.
geocoder.on('result', function (e) {
results.innerText = JSON.stringify(e.result, null, 2);
});
// Clear results container when search is cleared.
geocoder.on('clear', function () {
results.innerText = '';
});
</script>
</body>
</html>